powderfreak Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Nice high-res shot of the BTV county warning area and remaining snow cover... Tug Hill stands out, as does the whole Adirondack Park area which has a huge area of land above 1,500ft...and a lot of those Adirondack towns are at 1,800-2,200ft. Sneaky good at preserving snow at those elevations. Spine and various Green Mountain ridges stand out as well...and you can still see snow going down the western side of New Hampshire, into SW New Hampshire. Basically I bet that snow cover follows like the 1,200-1,500ft+ topo lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 My folks sent this photo of the lake house in North Woodstock, CT... they were surprised to still find snow lingering around the woods, especially the small terrain depressions and low spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 My folks sent this photo of the lake house in North Woodstock, CT... they were surprised to still find snow lingering around the woods, especially the small terrain depressions and low spots. April_15.jpg Yep see those scattered around in hollows all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 That Berthoud pass is awesome. 12,000' hairpin turns..lol. Some cool images from Estes Park as well via webcam. Was able to really see the CO Rockies in the summer of '05 when my family went out there for a friend's wedding at Winter Park resort. Nothing like an open bar at 11,000ft to make you feel loose. 10 degrees and heavy snow now...lol. No paste jobs up in the CO rockies this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 10 degrees and heavy snow now...lol. No paste jobs up in the CO rockies this time of year. check out the I 70 cams west side versus east side of the divide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I didn't go stalking the weenie street down the hill from me, but my neighbor still has one pile left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 10 degrees and heavy snow now...lol. No paste jobs up in the CO rockies this time of year. Yeah that's awesome. When we were there, the groomsmen were having a snowball fight at 12k lol. End of August too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The Rockies never get wet snow. Ever. Even early and late season snows are 100% powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Not much snow left.... Still some small piles in big parking lots... But even those are mostly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 . Holy jesus that was close! Oh man. I think I get azzhole of the week award for that one. That was just one helluva close call over the last hour. I knew in the back of my mind that the NWS had placed our region in Red Flag status yesterday, and did check, ..but it was taken down. That shouldn't matter, though, with an iota of intelligence that is... What a dumb f I am. It's not like it's rained since yesterday. I have several piles of brush left over from having feld a tree last Autumn. Most of the big logs have been cut up and taken away, but it's the miles and miles of brambled sticks and twigs and 2 inch diameter branches that are left over that are bugging me. I have this metallic yard-burning implement with a doomed screen ...It's really for a lazy log on a romantic night type of deal, but I got the bright idea that ...heh, since that's definitely never going to happen for me, I may as well start burning the tinder dried fuels in small doses. One such dose, ...yeah, I guess in retrospect was a bit too high. The doomed screen thingy was setting on top, and I figured that as the sticks and twigs and such ashed out, the screen would settle... That was seemingly doing okay, but while my back was turned ... some small amount of ember leaped out and had ignited the lawn immediately adjacent to the yard burner. It was ring, spreading quickly outward. "Oh sh!t!" I grab this plastic bucket laying near by and run inside, and I'm at the kitchen sink... 30 seconds or a minute to fill the damn thing and I run out there, and it's too late! Fire had spread out across the lawn like tentacles. I shist you nay! It was literally like a living breathing thing trying to run away. The ankle high fire plasma looked like it was leaping. I can't imagine the embarrassment if I were to have had to call the fire department. I'm a goddamn Met... Oh man. Problem is, ...and this is really embarrassingly stupid on my part, I did not have my garden hose hooked up before I impulsively decided to incinerate my property. ...apparently. The outside spigot ...I mean, you guys have to get in the moment here and appreciate just how big, and rapidly, this crisis is unfolding. I hadn't yet turned on the outside water. It's located in the crawl space/basement, which was sealed off by a couple hundred pounds of various unused household flotsam sitting on top of the access hatch. All the while, the fire in the back yard... So I'm throwin' sh!t all over the house to clear the way and I get down there, and I turn the thing on. Then I run out to the shed, through the burning lawn, leaves and sticks around me, smoke and waves of heat ... the whole nine... find the hose, hook it up, and turn on the water... Man, it's amazing how fast I was able to put it all out... Less than a minute later and it was just steaming in large concentric rings, with darkened earth and char marks left in the wake. If that crisis had failed to come under control for so much as another minute... guess who would have starred in the local Ayer Chronical this weekend? I can't believe how many fundamental mistakes I made there. First, I probably would have been okay if I thought to wet the soil and fuels surrounding the immediate vicinity of burning, but didn't take that measure...during the driest time of the year. It never occurred to me; I think it is because I thought I could control thing with small burn amount. I didn't perceive that the lawn its self, with almost no grass at all save some left over tan colored strudel from last year, would gobble up fire that fast, either. First hand, this is what it must be like in California. Guess I should just bite the bullet and have some removal service come and chip it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Ice on much of the lake went black yesterday and today. Would be funny if ice-out ended up being slightly earlier than average. Water temp is up to 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Not much snow left.... Still some small piles in big parking lots... But even those are mostly gone. east side of Shaw's parking lot in raynham, there is a disgusting pile of brown crap left that may me snow.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 east side of Shaw's parking lot in raynham, there is a disgusting pile of brown crap left that may me snow. Sent from my iPad LOL, yeah. What's left doesn't even resemble snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 K0CO has been getting crushed out there all day. Ob after ob of M1/4SM +SN with LTG in the remarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 . Holy jesus that was close! Oh man. I think I get azzhole of the week award for that one. That was just one helluva close call over the last hour. I knew in the back of my mind that the NWS had placed our region in Red Flag status yesterday, and did check, ..but it was taken down. That shouldn't matter, though, with an iota of intelligence that is... What a dumb f I am. It's not like it's rained since yesterday. I have several piles of brush left over from having feld a tree last Autumn. Most of the big logs have been cut up and taken away, but it's the miles and miles of brambled sticks and twigs and 2 inch diameter branches that are left over that are bugging me. I have this metallic yard-burning implement with a doomed screen ...It's really for a lazy log on a romantic night type of deal, but I got the bright idea that ...heh, since that's definitely never going to happen for me, I may as well start burning the tinder dried fuels in small doses. One such dose, ...yeah, I guess in retrospect was a bit too high. The doomed screen thingy was setting on top, and I figured that as the sticks and twigs and such ashed out, the screen would settle... That was seemingly doing okay, but while my back was turned ... some small amount of ember leaped out and had ignited the lawn immediately adjacent to the yard burner. It was ring, spreading quickly outward. "Oh sh!t!" I grab this plastic bucket laying near by and run inside, and I'm at the kitchen sink... 30 seconds or a minute to fill the damn thing and I run out there, and it's too late! Fire had spread out across the lawn like tentacles. I shist you nay! It was literally like a living breathing thing trying to run away. The ankle high fire plasma looked like it was leaping. I can't imagine the embarrassment if I were to have had to call the fire department. I'm a goddamn Met... Oh man. Problem is, ...and this is really embarrassingly stupid on my part, I did not have my garden hose hooked up before I impulsively decided to incinerate my property. ...apparently. The outside spigot ...I mean, you guys have to get in the moment here and appreciate just how big, and rapidly, this crisis is unfolding. I hadn't yet turned on the outside water. It's located in the crawl space/basement, which was sealed off by a couple hundred pounds of various unused household flotsam sitting on top of the access hatch. All the while, the fire in the back yard... So I'm throwin' sh!t all over the house to clear the way and I get down there, and I turn the thing on. Then I run out to the shed, through the burning lawn, leaves and sticks around me, smoke and waves of heat ... the whole nine... find the hose, hook it up, and turn on the water... Man, it's amazing how fast I was able to put it all out... Less than a minute later and it was just steaming in large concentric rings, with darkened earth and char marks left in the wake. If that crisis had failed to come under control for so much as another minute... guess who would have starred in the local Ayer Chronical this weekend? I can't believe how many fundamental mistakes I made there. First, I probably would have been okay if I thought to wet the soil and fuels surrounding the immediate vicinity of burning, but didn't take that measure...during the driest time of the year. It never occurred to me; I think it is because I thought I could control thing with small burn amount. I didn't perceive that the lawn its self, with almost no grass at all save some left over tan colored strudel from last year, would gobble up fire that fast, either. First hand, this is what it must be like in California. Guess I should just bite the bullet and have some removal service come and chip it up. been there, done that. it is amazing how fast it can get away from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Awesome story Tip, glad it turned out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Beautiful Spring morning with light rain and 47°F. Wetting up the fuels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Noticed some bright banding on the radar this morning, and saw that 4,000ft was at 35F...thinkin maybe something hitting the summits. But alas, VT elevations are too low, and need that extra 2,000ft to get below freezing up at MWN. MWN reporting Sleet/Freezing Rain this morning, so it must be warm above them at some point. I figured it'd be straight snow up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nice commute on I-70 out in Colorado this morning west of Denver. US-40 that runs parallel to I-70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 K0CO has been getting crushed out there all day. Ob after ob of M1/4SM +SN with LTG in the remarks. I know my summer project--studying every Airport and Helipad code in the US so I know what dendrite is talking about....lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 lol, that's why I never understood why they allow burning in April...but not May or June. Nothing is greened up, and all the tindery materials left over from the winter are just prime to ignite. Is it for air quality reasons they don't allow you to burn later in the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Tip, I still think I beat you with the setting the shrubbery in front of my house on fire trying to destroy a white faced hornets nest last summer. Flames up to our second story window. Wasp and Hornet killer = mucho flamable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I know my summer project--studying every Airport and Helipad code in the US so I know what dendrite is talking about....lol. i completely agree. 90% of the time i have no idea what airport he is talking about. Tip, I still think I beat you with the setting the shrubbery in front of my house on fire trying to destroy a white faced hornets nest last summer. Flames up to our second story window. Wasp and Hornet killer = mucho flamable pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 i completely agree. 90% of the time i have no idea what airport he is talking about. KCLT is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I had to do a double take this morning on my way into work. While I was driving over 1,000' hill, I looked over at a forsythia bush and it was in full bloom. Mind you that mine aren't even thinking about blooming and even in the valley you can still only see the buds. To top it off, only yesterday morning I was still able to see a patch of snow in one protected area so I wasn't expecting to see that. I think the valley is about a week away and I'm about 10-14 days away. I guess it's just the warm hill top nights that brought it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 The last patch of snow melted at my folks last night. Piles are still there however. Pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I had to do a double take this morning on my way into work. While I was driving over 1,000' hill, I looked over at a forsythia bush and it was in full bloom. Mind you that mine aren't even thinking about blooming and even in the valley you can still only see the buds. To top it off, only yesterday morning I was still able to see a patch of snow in one protected area so I wasn't expecting to see that. I think the valley is about a week away and I'm about 10-14 days away. I guess it's just the warm hill top nights that brought it on. I noticed some having the yellow blooms starting as well here.....some dormant, some have yellow already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Will the piles last til May 1st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I noticed some having the yellow blooms starting as well here.....some dormant, some have yellow already. You're probably about a week away from full bloom then. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that they appear to bloom after about 21-28 days (sometimes less) of days averaging above freezing based on the 14 years of data that I have. It just showed to me how much more 'milder' that hill top locations can be this time of year. I mean, to average higher that the CT River Valley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I purposely leave off the city when I post the IDs here. I like to make your guys research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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